Friday, November 19, 2010

My Wish List.

Dear Santa Animas (SantAnimas?),

It is somehow that time of year already; the time where friends and family are asking me what they might get me as a gift during the holidays. To tell you the truth, I'm having some trouble coming up with a list for them. There are some special things I'd like, but you, dear SantAnimas, are the only one who could deliver them! So here's my list - check it twice.

I would like a "Back" button. Over the last 11 months, I've cumulatively spent hours scrolling through menus, trying to get to things like my I:C ratio. It's unnecessary, and annoying.

Is there any way you could make the "empty cartridge" alarm a bit less cute and sing-songy? I slept right through the harmonious warnings for two and a half hours the other night, and thusly woke up to cotton mouth and a reading of 257 at 3:30 am.

I'd like the ability to override the IOB amount. Because, dear Santa, there are times when I administer a bolus, and then smell band-aids. I rip out my site, because it's not absorbing, and an undetermined amount of insulin leaks out - yet my pump still thinks I have all of those units on board. You let me control just about everything else on that little robot - why not IOB?

When I change out the battery, it would be great if the pump could remember how much insulin was in the cartridge.

And lastly, it would save me a lot of trouble if I could make basal adjustments from the meter remote. Pretty please? It's not always convenient to dig my pump out from wherever I have it hidden under my clothing.

Thanks, SantAnimas, for listening. Cookies and milk are on the counter. Don't forget to bolus.

Totally on point. Thx for putting these out there! One more: I'd like to be able to see how many carbs I put into the EZcarb bolus in the history...it shows how many units given and what kind of bolus, but no # of carbs.

Disclaimer.

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